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This upper-class neighborhood was located on the Pacific Ocean, next to Playa del Rey. The southern part of the neighborhood was named Surfridge in 1925.<\/strong> In the 1920s and 1930s, this area saw the rise of hundreds of Spanish-style mansions inhabited by film industry celebrities<\/strong>, including the famous filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille. The neighborhood had beautiful ocean views, and there was no reason to believe that it would all disappear in a few decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1928, an airfield, Mines Field, was built near Surfridge.<\/strong> It was a time when air shows had become very popular, and for the residents of that wealthy neighborhood, the airfield was just another luxury, but it soon became a nightmare.<\/strong> In 1930, Mines Field became the Los Angeles Municipal Airport. During World War II, it was a military base, and in 1949, it was renamed Los Angeles International Airport.<\/strong> It became busier and busier, first with noisy propeller planes and then with even louder jet planes. It was unbearable.<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, in the 1960s, the city of Los Angeles began expropriating the homes in Surfridge<\/strong>. The homes were eventually demolished, and the neighborhood was surrounded by fences and barbed wire, becoming an airport security zone. Today, Surfridge is a ghost town where only the old streets and no houses are visible<\/strong>. Access is prohibited and can lead to arrest. This Wednesday, Sidetrack Adventures<\/a> released an interesting video showing what this once high-society neighborhood looks like today:<\/strong><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/staging-jubilee.flickr.com\/65535\/54659742313_72dd788c0d_z.jpg\")
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